Electric stimilator for alpha-wave derivation

Abstract

An electric stimulator for alpha-wave derivation is characterized in that frequency selected from a range of 1 Hz to 50 Hz, preferably, 7 Hz to 14 Hz, and an output voltage are applied to auricle of a patient's ears to derive alpha-waves, and that cycle and intensity of stimulation are varied depending upon body temperature and blood sugar. Prompt reaction may be obtained by directly applying the voltage to the ears, and the reaction may continue when stimulation is extended. In addition, it is suitable to treat various diseases having common cause due to stress or arousal reaction in the human body.

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TECHNICAL FIELD [0001]The present invention relates to an electric stimulator for alpha-wave derivation, and more particularly, to an electric stimulator for alpha-wave derivation which applies electric stimulation to auricle of vagus nerves of an ear to derive an alpha-wave in a brain wave, thereby performing an effective medical treatment for various disorders.BACKGROUND ART[0002]Recently, an electric stimulator for vagus nerves can now be used for treating epilepsy and hypochondria with FDA approval to the cervix. In addition, it was reported that the electric stimulator is effective for treatment of obesity in epileptics. According to the electric stimulating therapy for cervix of vagus nerves, the vagus nerves serve as transferring paths, which transfer arousal information of lower organs to the cerebrum. Since the vagus nerves are frequency dependent, a difference that induces synchronous waves and asynchronous waves in brain waves were discovered (see “Vagus Nerve Stimulation...

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Benefits of technology

[0009]1. The alpha-wave is derived by selecting auricles of both ears in which only the auricle among vagus nerves known as one having a part in synchronization of brain waves is positioned near to the skin, and by effectively implementing the stimulation of a specific frequency and intensity to treat various chronic diseases that result from reduction or blunting of regulation of vagus nerves, thereby maximizing the treating effect of the disease;

[0010]2. Dimensions of the electric stimulator are minimized to reduce the inconvenience of daily treatment of attaching the stimulator to a body, thereby periodically and continuously deriving alpha-waves and thus maximizing the effect of treatment;

[0011]3. Cymba conchae (100%), which is a prominent region of vagus nerves, and a front surface (50%) and rear surface (50%) of auricle concha may be simultaneously stimulated, and the effect of treatment may be kept without causing a patient inconvenience in daily life such as walking or exercise. In order to accomplish the above effects, a unit for detecting the detachment of a stimulating pad from a stimulating point of the patient is provided, or a unit is designed so that the detachment or noticeability of others is reduced;

[0012]4. In order to minimize wearing sensitivity, the electric stimulating apparatus of low electric power consumption is developed as a circuit of a digital mode. With this development, the intensity and cycle of the stimulating signal may conveniently be adjusted by the patient;

[0013]5. Being different from a conventional alpha-wave deriving unit, the stimulator according to the present invention includes a transmitter and a receiver that are separately divided, thereby minimizing the dimensions of the stimulator. The stimulator may be continuously attached to the body to continuously derive alpha-waves, and it cannot be easily noticed by others; and

[0020]The electric stimulating unit has a body temperature detecting unit made in a shape like a crater of a gently slant ridgeline to be easily inserted in an external auditory meatus, so as to detect a signal for determining body temperature using an infrared processing module, and the body temperature detecting unit has a drilled top surface H to receive an infrared signal. The electric stimulating unit has a blood sugar detecting unit made in a shape like a crater of a gently slant ridgeline to be easily inserted in an external auditory meatus, so as to detect a signal for determining blood sugar using an infrared processing module, and the body temperature detecting unit has a drilled top surface H to receive an infrared signal. The electric stimulating unit has a body temperature / blood sugar detecting unit made in a shape like a crater of a gently slant ridgeline to be easily inserted in an external auditory meatus, so as to detect a signal for determining body temperature and blood sugar using an infrared processing module, and the body temperature detecting unit has a drilled top surface H to receive an infrared signal. Alternatively, the infrared processing module includes a filtering portion and an infrared detecting portion, in which a sensing region is enclosed by a silicon window having a long pass filter, through which only infrared radiation emitted from the external auditory meatus is passed, and which a front of the sensing region is enclosed by a proper infrared bandpass filter having a spectrum characteristic to a radiation line of a measured analyte.

Problems solved by technology

Therefore, oriental medicine does not present a fundamental method of accurate treatment.

However, the stimulators are not utilized as an alpha-wave generating apparatus, which can obtain effects of psychological stability and treatment of various diseases by suppressing stress reaction of a human body.

However, operation costs are very expensive, and the region must be again operated on every few years in order to replace the battery.

In addition, a permanent scar is left due to the incision, and a patient's heart is at risk as a result of the operation.

Furthermore, the patient is under a lot of mental stress due to operation.

Accordingly, since oriental medicine does not know acknowledge that the simulation conducting effect of the vagus nerves is differently derived depending upon the frequency by electrical synapse of the vagus nerves, effective treatment is not performed.

Accordingly, it is not suitable to treat various diseases having common cause due to stress or arousal reaction in the human body by such methods.

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